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Yue Wu (Miller Fellow 2006-2009) was named and has been nominated to receive the 2015 Council for Chemical Research (CCR) Rising Star Award.Read More

"The pressures on a faculty member’s time are enormous and the Miller Professorship provides an extraordinary opportunity to escape these bonds and devote oneself full time to one’s research. Many of the greatest living mathematicians have visited Berkeley through the Miller programs."

- Vaughan JonesMathematician, Miller Professor Fall 1992 :: Fields Medalist, National Academy of Sciences :: Distinguished Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit :: Honorary Vice President for Life of the International Guild of Knot-tyers :: Miller Institute Advisory Board Member 2013 - present

In the News

Marvin Cohen (Miller Professor 1969-1970, 1976-1977, Fall 1988) has been awarded the 2014 Von Hippel Award which is Materials Research Society's Highest Honor. Cohen is being recognized for "explaining and predicting properties of materials and for successfully predicting new materials using microscopic quantum theory." Read More

Randy Schekman (Miller Senior Fellow 2008-2013)has been named to the prestigious Institute of Medicine, one of the highest national honors in the fields of health and medicine. The honor was announced Oct. 20, just a little over a year since Schekman won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Read More

Miller Senior Fellow:Geoff Marcy

The Miller Institute is pleased to name Geoff Marcy the 2015 Miller Senior Fellow for a term beginning July 1, 2015.

Breakthrough Prize

Both have been named 2015 Breakthrough Prizewinners in fundamental physics for major insights into the deepest questions of the Universe. The $3 million prize is shared with Brian P. Schmidt and a team of 51 prize recipients. Read More